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11:30 PM ET, February 22, 2016

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP to Kasich: Get out  —  FAIRFAX, Va. — The Republican establishment has a message for John Kasich: get out, and get out of Marco Rubio's way.  —  A string of elected officials, GOP insiders and prominent donors officially threw their support behind Rubio on Monday, calling him their last chance to take down Donald Trump.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Rick Tyler / Facebook:
I want to apologize to Senator Marco Rubio for posting an inaccurate story about him here earlier today.  The story showed a video of the Senator walking past a Ted Cruz staffer seated in the lobby of a hotel reading his Bible.  The story misquoted a remark the Senator made to the staffer.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Cruz fires top staffer for promoting false story about Rubio and the Bible  —  Ted Cruz on Monday asked for the resignation of top aide Rick Tyler, who he accused of a “grave error of judgment” for promoting a false story that questioned Marco Rubio's faith.
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Meet the woman funding the effort to stop Trump  —  16k Shares  —  Keen observers of the political landscape may have discerned this bit of information: The Republican establishment sort of hates its presidential front-runner Donald Trump.  But very few of the party's moneyed elite …
David Wright / CNN:
Cruz spokesman apologizes for ‘inaccurate’ Rubio video  — Ted Cruz's national spokesman apologized to Marco Rubio for a false report he posted to his social media account  —  (CNN)Ted Cruz's national spokesman apologized late Sunday for a video distributed by the campaign that falsely depicted Marco Rubio dismissing the Bible.
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Rubio inherits establishment support but is on a narrow path to stop Trump
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
House GOP leader thinks he could work with Donald Trump
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Graham floats Rubio-Kasich ticket
Discussion: New York Times and Mediaite
Ellie Schroeder / thedp.com:
Marco Rubio has awkward confrontation with Rafael Cruz, Cruz staffer in hotel lobby
CNN:
Rubio gets new wave of establishment endorsements
D.C. McAllister / The Federalist:
Rubio Needs To Move Aside For Cruz, Not Vice Versa
Discussion: RedState, Hot Air and Washington Post
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Ted Cruz Dumps Spokesman Who Circulated Video Falsely Showing Rubio Denigrating Bible
Discussion: Althouse
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Majority of Public Wants Senate to Act on Obama's Court Nominee  —  Most opponents reject hearings no matter whom Obama nominates  —  In the high-stakes battle over replacing Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court, a majority of Americans (56%) say the Senate should hold hearings …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Joe Biden Argued for Delaying Supreme Court Picks in 1992  —  WASHINGTON — As a senator more than two decades ago, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. argued that President George Bush should delay filling a Supreme Court vacancy, should one arise, until the presidential election was over …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Game over: Joe Biden says in 1992 that the president shouldn't name a SCOTUS nominee …
Discussion: American Spectator
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Biden in 1992: Delay SCOTUS nominee until after election
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
More Support for Justice Department Than for Apple in Dispute Over Unlocking iPhone  —  Slight partisan differences in views of issue  —  As the standoff between the Department of Justice and Apple Inc. continues over an iPhone used by one of the suspects in the San Bernardino terrorist attacks …
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David Pierson / Los Angeles Times:
Pew survey: More Americans say Apple should unlock terrorist's iPhone
Discussion: The Verge
New York Times:
How Jeb Bush Spent $130 Million Running for President With Nothing to Show for It  —  When Jeb Bush formally entered the presidential campaign in June, there was already more money behind him than every other Republican candidate combined.  When he suspended his campaign on Saturday night in South Carolina …
Discussion: The Week and NPR
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Voters Might Not Miss Jeb Bush, but Campaign Reporters Will
Discussion: Guardian
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Jeb Bush's Campaign Died While Hillary Clinton's Lived
Benny Johnson / Independent Journal Review:
Actor Adam Baldwin Quits Twitter “For Good” In Protest Of The Platform Censoring Conservatives  —  Actor Adam Baldwin has quit Twitter and he isn't coming back.  —  Baldwin, who currently stars in the TNT hit show ‘The Last Ship,’ tells Independent Journal Review that Twitter's new policy …
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Leah Barkoukis / Townhall.com:   Actor Adam Baldwin Quits Twitter Over Platform's Alleged Silencing of Conservatives
Senator Claire McCaskill:
I very recently learned that I have breast cancer.  —  I very recently learned that I have breast cancer.  It was detected through a regular mammogram.  It's a little scary, but my prognosis is good and I expect a full recovery.  I will be in St Louis for the next 3 weeks receiving treatment.
Andy Cush / Gawker:
Hot Mic Captures Trump Chatting With Morning Joe Hosts: “You Had Me Almost As a Legendary Figure”  —  The comedian and radio show host Harry Shearer has audio of what sure sounds like a casual off-the-air exchange between Donald Trump and Morning Joe co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Hot Mic Captures Trump Asking ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts For No ‘Too Hard’ Questions (AUDIO)
Discussion: RedState and Hullabaloo
Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Sheldon Adelson and the missing $100 million  —  It's one of the biggest mysteries in Republican circles: Why has Sheldon Adelson who spent upward of $100 million during the previous presidential campaign suddenly stopped pouring huge sums of money into politics?
Discussion: Guardian
Los Angeles Times:
Republican voter registration tanks in California as more voters than ever don't affiliate with a party  —  Californians may be more disenchanted with political party labels than at any time in modern history, as new voter registration data show another shift away from party affiliation coming …
Discussion: The Week
Matthew Jaffe / CNN:
Jon Huntsman: I could get behind Donald Trump  —  The Axe Files, featuring David Axelrod, is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.  The author works at the institute.  —  Chicago (CNN)Former Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman …
Discussion: Guardian
James Rothwell / Telegraph:
Hitler ‘had tiny deformed penis’ as well as just one testicle, historians claim  —  Hitler suffered from a condition called hypospadias which left him with an abnormally small manhood, according to historians Jonathan Mayo and Emma Craigie  —  It has long been suspected that Hitler's conquest …
Hanna Trudo / Politico:
Cruz lurches right on immigration  —  Ted Cruz would use Immigration and Customs Enforcement to search for and ultimately help deport 12 million immigrants in the U.S. illegally if elected president.  —  In an interview with Bill O'Reilly on Fox News Monday night, the Texas senator …
 
 
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John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune:
Homicides in Chicago running nearly double from last year
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
New bill could give illegal aliens voting rights in New York City
Discussion: The Last Tradition and RedState
Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
Report: U.S. aircraft carriers ‘unchallenged primacy may be coming to a close’
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge seems skeptical of call to block voter proof-of-citizenship requirement
Discussion: Power Line and Talking Points Memo
Andrew J. Cherlin / New York Times:
Why Are White Death Rates Rising?
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Pentagon poised to submit plan for closing Guantanamo Bay
Dave Aeikens / KSTP-TV:
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Poll: Majority of Democrats say socialism has ‘positive impact’
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The High-Def Majesty of Planet Earth Returns
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
CIA leaker: Clinton ‘given a pass’ for emails
Discussion: Washington Post, Hot Air and LawNewz
Mike Opelka / TheBlaze.com:
High School Student's Art Project Goes Viral — When You See It Up Close, You'll Know Why
Jeff Greenfield / The Daily Beast:
Can Anyone Beat Trump in the Primary? History Says No
Discussion: Balloon Juice
David Bahnsen / Viewpoint:
Now I Am Being Serious, Deadly Serious: Stopping The Trump Disgrace
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